HEMIPTERA HETEROPTERA. 



101 



X X Tibiae red. - 



§§$ Fore wings with an inner stripe. - 

 §§§| Corium testaceous, varied with black. 

 ftf Fore wings with no marks. - 



*** Head short. 



f Fore lobe of the prolhorax much longer than the 



hind lobe. 

 X Fore femora much incrassated. - 

 11 Fore femora hardly incrassated. - 

 ff Fore lobe of the prolhorax not much longer tban the 



hind lobe. - 



b. Body asneous.- • 

 B. Fore wings very short. .... 



indecisus. 



vittifer. 



megaspilus. 



morio. 



dimidiatus. 

 lepidus. 



minusculus. 



asneus. 



picicornis. 



South America. 

 Div. 1. 



Sphodrocoris, Stal. 



21. Pirates maculipennis. 



Reduvius maculipennis, St. Farg. et Serv. Enc. MSth. x. 276 — Peirates 

 macnlipennis, Serv. Ann. Sci. Nat. 1831, 8. Stal, Rio Jan. Hem. 69. 

 Pirates maculipennis, Serv. Hist. Hem. 325. Sphodrocoris maculi- 

 pennis, Stal, Ofv. K. V. Ak. Furh. xxiii. 261. 



a. Brazil. 



b. Brazil. Presented by J. P. G. Smith, Esq. 



c. Para. Presented by G. Graham, Esq. 



d. Brazil. From Mr. Children's collection. 



e. Columbia. From M. Goudol's collection. 

 /. Bolivia. From Mr. Bridges' collection. 



22. Pirates concisus. ,U^ /<*-»**».~3£ 



Mas. Niger; caput longi-conicum ; antenna capile et prothorace ad 

 unurn breviores ; sculrtli spina ferrnginea ; femora quatuor posleriora 

 basi testacea ; tibia? anticce snblus futvce ; corium basi albido uni- 

 strigatum ; membrana lutto unimaculala. 



Male. Black, setulose, elongate-subfusiform. Head elongate-conical; 

 ante-ocular part about twice as long as ihe post-ocular; a curved trans- 

 verse funow in front of ihe two hind ocelli. Rostrum extending to ilie fore 

 coxae; second joint much longer than the others. Antenna? shorter than 

 the head and the prolhorax together; first joint about half as long as 

 the second ; third a little shorter than the second; fourth longer than the 

 second. Fore lobe of the prolhorax with seven furrows ; middle one 

 enlarged hindward ; inner pair parallel; the two other pairs oblique; 

 middle pair abbreviated hindward. Hind lube less than half as long as 

 the fore lobe. Scutellum concave in the disk, ending in a ferruginous 

 spine. Abdomen with testaceous spots along each side. Fore coxae testa- 

 ceous towards the lips. Four hinder femora testaceous at the base. Fore 

 tibiae tawny beneath; spongy furrow very long. Fore wings with a whitish 

 streak along the inner border of the corium from the base to the tip of ihe 



